The Penn Stater Magazine

In Case You Can’t Get Enough of the Paranormal

October 1, 2010 at 8:30 am Tina Hay Leave a comment

A couple of years ago we profiled a bunch of Penn State students who were running around the East Coast chasing ghosts and the like. We sent writer Patrick Kirchner to hang out with the students—members of a club called the Paranormal Research Society—one weekend as they looked for Mothman in West Virginia. The article ran in The Penn Stater just as the PRS was about to get some national attention in the form of a reality-TV series on A&E.

Well, you probably know the rest. Paranormal State is still going strong nearly three years later, and the leader of that group of students, Ryan Buell ’06, has practically become a brand. He lists his job as “full-time paranormal research investigator,” and now he’s got a book out as well. Paranormal State: My Journey into the Unknown was just released 10 days ago by It Books, a Harper Collins imprint.

In conjunction with the book’s release, the Paranormal Research Society has some events scheduled locally this weekend. On Saturday Buell will be signing books at the State College Barnes & Noble on Saturday, and he and others will speak at PRS headquarters on such topics as “Paranormal Investigation 100,” “Paganism & Occultism 100,” and “Paranormal Photography.” On Sunday there’s a “paranormal scavenger hunt” on Sunday. More details are available at the PRS website.

Paranormal State begins its fifth season on A&E Oct. 17.

Tina Hay, editor

Entry filed under: Famous Penn Staters, Penn State alumni. Tags: A&E, It Books, Mothman, occult, paranormal photography, Paranormal Research Society, Paranormal State, Patrick Kirchner, Ryan Buell.